i clicked the wrong link, actually. i was searching for a synth-pop band from toronto called ferarro.

i suspect this is a bit more interesting.

and, in fact, i think i need a break from sorting through the dregs of the current toronto music scene for an hour. so, i'm going to let this play.

the name is vaguely familiar, i spent a lot of time sorting through music of this style around 2010 or so, only to more or less abandon it. i recognize things here and again, but i don't have a memory of this. sounds interesting, so far...

https://jjamesferraro.bandcamp.com/

i don't want to come off as a metal purist or something, because i basically despise everything about metal to it's core, from the pretentious musicianship to the silly satanist themes. there's not much i like about hip-hop or folk or opera, but i don't have the same kind of visceral dislike for them that i have for metal.

i really hate metal.

and, because i wouldn't normally go anywhere near the genre, i don't know if this is novel or not. i mean, maybe there's a hundred pop-rock faux-metal cheese rock bands like this with autotuned female vocals and heavily photoshopped photo spreads. i really have absolutely no idea. and, i don't really care, either.

but, because i want my survey of toronto to be deep, i'm going into dark, foreboding crevices that i would normally avoid, and i bumped into this. i'd never listen to this under normal scenarios, but i feel like i need to mention it.

again: maybe it's not novel to have a talentless taylor swift wannabe (she sounds more like celine dion) fronting a watered down dream theatre cover band like this. maybe there's all kinds of stuff like this out there. but if there is, i don't know anything about it and i don't want to.

my reaction is just that's it's really comically awful. and, so, if you want a laugh, check this out.

https://cecilemonique.bandcamp.com/album/genesis

i have a number of records by these musicians in my collection, and it's the kind of thing i wish i had more of an opportunity to see early in the night, even as a pre-show. i wouldn't cross the border solely to see it under the best of circumstances, but if you're in the eastern market tonight you should stop by trinosophes.

https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/fly-or-die

should i be at cmw?

well, i've never been there before. i've known about it for a while, but never really looked into it before. i guess we'll see.

likewise, i'd interpret this as a kind of guilty pleasure, although if you're going to be obnoxious you should go overboard with it. really. what's the use of being moderately obnoxious? so, they could - and probably should - take it up to that next level and just be ridiculous about it. it's on the right track to get to what it's trying to get to, though.

https://joansmithandthejanedoes.bandcamp.com/releases

this is a little bit cliched, but as far as introductory singles for corporate rock bands are concerned, it's relatively promising.